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Material aspects of building and craft traditions : spatial programme, building material, natural environment : a Himalayan case study
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ISBN: 9783700182184 Year: 2022 Publisher: Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften,

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Familienkiste, Band 1: Mensch-Objekt-Beziehungen im Mittelalter und in der Renaissance
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ISBN: 9783799543743 3799543740 Year: 2022 Publisher: Verlag der Ãsterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

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Qu'il s'agisse de couronnes en or, de précieuses reliques ou de dons précieux, ce sont des trésors qui sont paradigmatiquement associés au Moyen Âge, alors que l'époque moderne est considérée comme le début de la culture de consommation et des collections muséales. C'est à partir de cette distinction que le livre raconte une autre histoire de la culture matérielle du Moyen-Âge et de la Renaissance, dans laquelle ce ne sont pas les choses qui sont au cœur de la réflexion, mais leurs capacités à créer des relations. L'image de la boîte familiale résume l'importance des objets pour les individus et les familles à travers les générations, les époques et les espaces. On s'interroge sur les émotions, les pratiques et les discours qui rapprochent les personnes et les objets. En s'intéressant aux experts, le livre écrit en même temps une histoire culturelle de l'administration et ouvre de nouvelles perspectives sur les changements et les continuités dans le traitement des choses jusqu'à aujourd'hui.


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Panta rhei : change in thirteenth-century Byzantine architecture, art, and material culture
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ISBN: 9782503602684 2503602681 Year: 2022 Publisher: Turnhout : Brepols,

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"The year 1204, when Byzantium was conquered by the participants of the Fourth Crusade, marks a major and violent change on several levels, including politics and the economy, society and religion, as well as art and culture. The once powerful empire experienced both the humiliation of foreign occupation and its political subjugation. After its re-establishment in 1261, Byzantium had become a shrunken state, surrounded by aggressive enemies, while a number of its vital areas, such as Crete and Cyprus, together with the Aegean and Ionian islands, remained under foreign rule. These changes influenced not only the artistic output but the everyday life of the Byzantines as well. New ideas, new preferences, and new techniques are attested in architecture, painting, sculpture, and minor arts, all of which developed a new dynamic. According to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus (c. 535 - c. 475 B.C.), whose aphorism 'Panta rhei', i.e. everything flows, is highlighted in the title of this collective volume, change is the fundamental essence of the universe. The book aims to provide an up-to-date, well-rounded, and balanced overview of the long thirteenth century, by examining aspects of the artistic and cultural transformations created and developed within the new framework of co-existence among Byzantines, Latins, Slavs, and Ottomans"--


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Métal & matériaux périssables : actes des Journées détudes Corpus, Strasbourg et Sélestat, 21-23 mars 2018
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ISBN: 9782355181269 2355181268 Year: 2022 Publisher: Drémil-Lafage : Éditions Mergoil,

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Textiles, bois et vannerie, peaux et fourrures, cire d'abeille, mais aussi adhésifs végétaux, matériaux résineux, résidus alimentaires, cheveux et peau humaine, plumes, etc., ces matériaux organiques, exceptionnellement conservés dans un milieu archéologique propice, minéralisés au contact d'objets métalliques ou préservés à l'état microscopique sur la paroi d'un contenant, sont de mieux en mieux détectés, caractérisés et préservés. Cette avancée résulte des approches et des méthodes d'étude pluridisciplinaires, associant archéologues, spécialistes du mobilier archéologique, conservateurs-restaurateurs, scientifiques et technologies de pointe (méthodes d'imagerie issues du monde médical, spectrométrie de masse et analyses biochimiques, traitements de conservation-restauration pouvant impliquer l'emploi de rayons gamma, etc.). L'association Corpus - Étude du mobilier métallique et de l'instrumentum - a consacré ses journées d'étude du 21 au 23 mars 2018 à cette thématique "Métal & matériaux périssables". Les dix-neuf articles réunis ici traitent des approches méthodologiques et pluridisciplinaires à différentes étapes du traitement des objets archéologiques : découverte, conservation-restauration, étude, valorisation et portent sur un vaste champ chronologique de vestiges datant de l'âge du Bronze à l'époque contemporaine. Les domaines d'utilisation des matériaux périssables mis en lumière sont vastes : stockage des matières premières, préparation et consommation de mets, vêtements, parure et techniques de fabrication, architecture, ameublement, pratiques funéraires ou encore engins de transport. Enfin, neuf articles sont également présentés dans ce volume et portent sur l'actualités de la recherche sur le petit mobilier du Bronze moyen à l'époque moderne.


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Le soin des choses : politiques de la maintenance
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ISBN: 9782348064838 2348064839 Year: 2022 Publisher: Paris : La Découverte,

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Qu'ont en commun une chaudière, une voiture, un panneau de signalétique, un smartphone, une cathédrale, une oeuvre d'art, un satellite, un lave-linge, un pont, une horloge, un serveur informatique, le corps d'un illustre homme d'État, un tracteur ? Presque rien, si ce n'est qu'aucune de ces choses, petite ou grande, précieuse ou banale, ne perdure sans une forme d'entretien. Tout objet s'use, se dégrade, finit par se casser, voire par disparaître. Pour autant, mesure-t-on bien l'importance de la maintenance ? Contrepoint de l'obsession contemporaine pour l'innovation, moins spectaculaire que l'acte singulier de la réparation, cet art délicat de faire durer les choses n'est que très rarement porté à notre attention. Ce livre est une invitation à décentrer le regard en mettant au premier plan la maintenance et celles et ceux qui l'accomplissent. En suivant le fil de différentes histoires, ses auteurs décrivent les subtilités du « soin des choses » pour en souligner les enjeux éthiques et la portée politique. Parce que s'y cultive une attention sensible à la fragilité et que s'y invente au jour le jour une diplomatie matérielle qui résiste au rythme effréné de l'obsolescence programmée et de la surconsommation, la maintenance dessine les contours d'un monde à l'écart des prétentions de la toute-puissance des humains et de l'autonomie technologique. Un monde où se déploient des formes d'attachement aux choses bien moins triviales que l'on pourrait l'imaginer. [Quatrième de couverture.]


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Philippi, from Colonia Augusta to Communitas Christiana : religion and society in transition
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ISSN: 01679732 ISBN: 9789004469327 9789004469334 900446932X 9004469338 Year: 2022 Volume: 186 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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"This volume provides a review of recent research in Philippi related to archaeology, demography, religion, the New Testament and early Christianity. Careful reading of texts, inscriptions, coins and other archaeological materials allow the reader to examine how religious practice in Philippi changed as the city moved from being a Hellenistic polis to a Roman colony to a center for Christian worship and pilgrimage. The essays raise questions about traditional understandings of material culture in Philippi, and come to conclusions that reflect more complicated and diverse views of the city and its inhabitants. Contributors are Cédric Brélaz, Katerina Chryssanthaki-Nagle, Cavan Concannon, Sofia Doukata-Demertzi, Michael Flexsenhar III, Steven Friesen, Emmanuela Gounari, Haido Koukouli-Chryssanthaki, Dimitra Malamidou, Aristoteles Mentzos, Laura Nasrallah, Peter Oakes, Melina Paissidou, Natalia Poulou, Jennifer Quigley, Athanasios Rizakis, Daniel N. Schowalter, Michel Sève, Angela Standhartinger, Ekaterini Tsalampouni, Stavros Zachariadis"--

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Religion and sociology --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Philippi (Extinct city) --- Religion. --- Church history. --- Social life and customs. --- Antiquities. --- Material culture --- Church history --- Macedonia (Greece) --- Sociologie religieuse --- Culture matérielle --- Eglise catholique --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Histoire --- Philippes (Ville ancienne) --- Macédoine --- Religion --- Histoire religieuse --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Antiquités --- Biblical Studies --- Religious Studies --- 902 <38 PHILIPPI> --- 902 <38 PHILIPPI> Archeologie--Oud-Griekenland--PHILIPPI --- Archeologie--Oud-Griekenland--PHILIPPI --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Sociology --- Epistle of Paul to the Philippians --- Epistle to the Philippians --- Letter of Paul to the Philippians --- Philippians --- Pillipo (Book of the New Testament) --- Crenides (Extinct city) --- Fílippoi (Extinct city) --- Krenides (Extinct city) --- Philippes (Extinct city) --- Philippi (City) --- Philippoi (Greece : Extinct city) --- Greece --- Antiquities --- Religion and sociology - Greece - Philippi (Extinct city) --- Excavations (Archaeology) - Greece - Philippi (Extinct city) --- Philippi (Extinct city) - Religion. --- Philippi (Extinct city) - Church history. --- Philippi (Extinct city) - Social life and customs. --- Philippi (Extinct city) - Antiquities.


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Landscapes and Social Transformations on the Northwest Coast : Colonial Encounters in the Fraser Valley
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ISBN: 9780816527878 0816527873 0816548935 Year: 2022 Publisher: University of Arizona Press

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This groundbreaking work examines engagement between people and the environment across a variety of themes, from aboriginal appropriation of nature to colonistsâ reworking of physical and conceptual geographies, demonstrating the consequences of these interactions as they permeated various social and cultural spheres. It offers a new lens for viewing a region as it provides fresh insight into such topics as landscape change, perceptions of place, and Indigenous-white relations. The Fraser Valley has long been a scene of natural resource appropriation--furs and fish, timber and agriculture--with settlement patterns and land claims centering on the use of these materials. Oliver demonstrates how social change and cultural understanding are tied to the way that people use and remake the landscape. Drawing on ethnographic texts, archaeological evidence, cartography, and historical writing, he has created a deep history of the valley that enables us to view how human entanglements with landscape were creative of a variety of contentious issues. By capturing the multiple dynamics that were operating in the past, Oliver shows us not only how landscape transformations were implicated in constructing different perceptions of place but also how such changes influenced peoplesâ understanding of history and identity. The Fraser Valley in British Columbia has been viewed historically as a typical setting of Indigenous-white interaction. Jeff Oliver now reexamines the social history of this region from pre-contact to the violent upheavals of nineteenth and early twentieth century colonialism to argue that the dominant discourses of progress and colonialism often mask the real social and physical process of change that occurred here--change that can be more meaningfully tied to transformations in the land.

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Cultural landscapes --- Social archaeology --- Human ecology --- Material culture --- Land settlement --- Colonization --- Indians of North America --- Paysages culturels --- Archéologie sociale --- Ecologie humaine --- Culture matérielle --- Colonisation intérieure --- Colonisation --- Indiens d'Amérique --- History --- Social aspects --- First contact with Europeans --- Aspect social --- Histoire --- Premiers contacts avec les Européens --- Fraser River Valley (B.C.) --- Fraser, Vallée du (C.-B.) --- Historical geography --- Social conditions --- Géographie historique --- Conditions sociales --- Weisse. --- Indianer. --- Sozialer Wandel. --- Kulturwandel. --- Landschaftsentwicklung. --- Social archaeology. --- Material culture. --- Land settlement. --- Human ecology. --- Historical geography. --- Cultural landscapes. --- Colonisation interieure --- Culture materielle --- Écologie humaine --- Archeologie sociale --- First contact with other peoples. --- Social aspects. --- Histoire. --- First contact with other peoples --- History. --- Fraser River. --- British Columbia --- Social conditions. --- Cultural geography --- Landscapes --- Landscape archaeology --- Archaeology --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Resettlement --- Settlement of land --- Colonies --- Land use, Rural --- Human settlements --- Imperialism --- Decolonization --- Emigration and immigration --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- First Nations (North America) --- Indians of the United States --- Indigenous peoples --- Native Americans --- North American Indians --- Geography, Historical --- Geography --- First contact (Anthropology) --- Methodology --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Ethnology --- First contact with Occidental civilization --- Fraser Valley (B.C.)


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Méliès Boots : footwear and film manufacturing in Second Industrial Revolution Paris
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ISBN: 0472902954 0472055585 Year: 2022 Publisher: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press,

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Before he became the father of cinematic special effects, George Méliès (1861-1938) was a maker of deluxe French footwear, an illusionist, and a caricaturist. Proceeding from these beginnings, Méliès Boots traces how the full trajectory of Georges Méliès' career during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, along with the larger cultural and historical contexts in which Méliès operated, shaped his cinematic oeuvre. Solomon examines Méliès' unpublished drawings and published caricatures, the role of laughter in his magic theater productions, and the constituent elements of what Méliès called "the new profession of the cinéaste." The book also reveals Méliès' connections to the Incohérents, a group of ephemeral artists from the 1880s, demonstrating the group's relevance for Méliès, early cinema, and modernity. By positioning Méliès in relation to the material culture of his time, Solomon demonstrates that Méliès' work was expressive of a distinctly modern, and modernist, sensibility that appeared in France during the 1880s in the wake of the Second Industrial Revolution.

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Motion picture producers and directors. --- Material culture. --- Footwear. --- Culture materielle --- Chaussures --- Producteurs et realisateurs de cinema --- Material culture --- Footwear --- Motion picture producers and directors --- Histoire --- History --- Melies, Georges, --- France --- France. --- Boots and shoes --- Foot wear --- Clothing and dress --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Directors, Motion picture --- Film directors --- Film producers --- Filmmakers --- Motion picture directors --- Moviemakers --- Moving-picture producers and directors --- Producers, Motion picture --- Persons --- Bro-C'hall --- Fa-kuo --- Fa-lan-hsi --- Faguo --- Falanxi --- Falanxi Gongheguo --- Faransā --- Farānsah --- França --- Francia (Republic) --- Francija --- Francja --- Francland --- Francuska --- Franis --- Franḳraykh --- Frankreich --- Frankrig --- Frankrijk --- Frankrike --- Frankryk --- Fransa --- Fransa Respublikası --- Franse --- Franse Republiek --- Frant︠s︡ --- Frant︠s︡ Uls --- Frant︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Frantsuzskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Frantsyi︠a︡ --- Franza --- French Republic --- Frencisc Cynewīse --- Frenska republika --- Furansu --- Furansu Kyōwakoku --- Gallia --- Gallia (Republic) --- Gallikē Dēmokratia --- Hyãsia --- Parancis --- Peurancih --- Phransiya --- Pransiya --- Pransya --- Prantsusmaa --- Pʻŭrangsŭ --- Ranska --- República Francesa --- Republica Franzesa --- Republika Francuska --- Republiḳah ha-Tsarfatit --- Republikang Pranses --- République française --- Tsarfat --- Tsorfat --- Γαλλική Δημοκρατία --- Γαλλία --- Франц --- Франц Улс --- Французская Рэспубліка --- Францыя --- Франция --- Френска република --- פראנקרייך --- צרפת --- רפובליקה הצרפתית --- فرانسه --- فرنسا --- フランス --- フランス共和国 --- 法国 --- 法蘭西 --- 法蘭西共和國 --- 프랑스 --- France (Provisional government, 1944-1946) --- Méliès;cinema;cinematography;film;special effects;technology;shoes;boots;footwear;industrial revolut --- Méliès, Georges, --- Méliès, Marie-Georges-Jean, --- 1800-1899 --- City of Paris --- Paris --- Farans --- Frant͡ --- Frant͡s Uls --- Frant͡sii͡ --- Frantsuzskai͡a Rėspublika --- Frantsyi͡ --- Pʻŭrangs --- Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma --- Culture matérielle --- Méliès, Georges,

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